Which of the following is determined by dividing the firm's total costs by the quantity of its output?

a. Implicit cost
b. Fixed cost
c. Variable cost
d. Average cost


d. Average cost

Average cost is determined by dividing the firm's total costs by the quantity of its output.

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What will be an ideal response?

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When there is an excess of expected net income over the cost of capital

A) abnormal net income is positive. B) accounting profits are negative. C) abnormal net income is negative. D) economic profits minus abnormal net income is negative.

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An economy recently reported nominal GDP of 3 trillion euro and a GDP deflator of 200 . What was real GDP?

a. 1.5 trillion euro, and real GDP is a better gauge of economic activity than nominal GDP. b. 1.5 trillion euro, but nominal GDP is a better gauge of economic activity than real GDP. c. 6 trillion euro, and real GDP is a better gauge of economic activity than nominal GDP. d. 6 trillion euro, but nominal GDP is a better gauge of economic activity than real GDP.

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The most significant difference between perfect competition and monopolistic competition is that

A) in a perfectly competitive market products are differentiated, while in a monopolistically competitive market products are homogeneous. B) in a perfectly competitive market products are homogeneous, while in a monopolistically competitive market products are differentiated. C) in a perfectly competitive market there is a large number of sellers, while in a monopolistically competitive market there is a small number of sellers. D) in a perfectly competitive market there is a small number of sellers, while in a monopolistically competitive market there is a large number of sellers.

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